Articles by dmo8466

Is Adley Rutschman already a top-10 player?

Author: Alex Devorsetz alexdevorsetz2025@u.northwestern.edu, Weinberg, 2025 There have been few prospects in baseball to be considered as sure a thing as Adley Rutschman. As a junior in high school, he committed to Oregon State after…


Can the Struggling Pitchers of 2022 find it again?

Author: Michael Canmann (michaelcanmann2024@u.northwestern.edu) Finding elite pitching is difficult. Even teams contending for the world series often have holes in their pitching staffs. Nonetheless, each of the teams in this article thought they had, at…


Judge vs Ohtani — Who should win the 2022 AL MVP?

Author: Alex Devorsetz (alexdevorsetz2025@u.northwestern.edu) This has been an incredible season of baseball. From Albert Pujols’s resurgence, to the trade of Juan Soto, to Paul Goldschmidt solidifying his Hall of Fame case, 2022 has been a…


What wins games in the NFL?

Author: Michael Canmann (michaelcanmann2024@u.northwestern.edu) Many clichés get thrown around in football. “Defense wins championships.” “Establish the run.” “The game is won in the trenches.” At their core, each of these statements attempt to point out a…



Developing an MLB Game Similulator

Author: Ben Gutstein (bengustein2024@u.northwestern.edu) A critical aspect of doing deep dives into sports data is being able to use current data to simulate thousands of games accurately at once. This allows you to change aspects…